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The Semi-Gods and Semi-Devils '82
The Battlefield
Cheng Sing Gong

The Semi-Gods and Semi-Devils '82
天龍八部之六貾神劍
天龍八部之虛竹傳奇
Cantonese: Tin Lung Ba Bao
Mandarin: Tian Lung Ba Bu

Chapters: 50
Year: 1982
Singer of Theme Song: 關正傑，關菊英
Cast:

  • 石修 - 幕容公子.........Sak Sau
  • 湯鎮業 - 段俞.............Kent Tong Chun Yip
  • 陳玉蓮 - 王語嬰...........Idy Chan Yuk Lin
  • 楊盼盼 - 木婉清...........Sharon Yeung Pan Pan
  • 黃杏秀 - 段阿珠...........Wang Hung Sau
  • 黃杏秀 - 鍾靈 (分飾)......Wang Hung Sau
  • 陳復生 - 段阿紫...........Chan Fuk Sung
  • 謝賢 - 段父.............Patrick Tse Yin
  • 梁珊 - 段母.............Leung San
  • 黃日華 - 虛竹.............Felix Wong Yut Wah
  • 景黛音 - 夢姑.............Mirta King Doi Yam
  • 王愛明 - 天山董佬.............Wong Oi Ming
  • 呂有慧 - 金寶寶...........Liu Yau Wei
  • 張英才 - 皇上.............Cheung Ying Choi

This is the best version of Gum Yong's famous novel "Tian Lung Ba Bao". When Gum Yong first wrote this story, he based it on four big martial arts fighters. There is the funny prince Duan Yu (Kent Tong) who cannot fight real Kung-fu but knows enough magic to help him run fast and shoot laser beams. Second is Hui Chok (Felix Wong), the stupid but kind Shaolin priest who gets his Kung-fu "accidentally". Next is Muk Yong Fu (Sak Sel) who is a smart and handsome fighter who wants to revive his tiny country against the Sung Dynasty. And finally, the last is Kui Fong, the best fighter out of all of them who used to be the king of beggars.
The first story starts out with the prince Duan Yu and his adventures. His father (Patrick Tse) forces him to learn Kung-fu, which he hates, so he runs away from the palace. He meets a lot of girls which really happens to be his half sisters. His father had a lot of women and they all gave birth to daughters. Duan Yu almost gets married to his sister (Sharon Yeung) but he finds out the truth. Later on, he meets Wong Yuk Yin (Idy Chan) who is the daughter of a mean and rich lady. Duan Yu likes Yuk Yin but she only likes her cousin, Muk Yong Fu. Unfortunately, Muk Yong Fu concentrates only on reviving his homeland and uses Yuk Yin. She later realizes this and goes to Duan Yu.
Kui Fong, meanwhile, does a good job of being the king of beggars. However, the some bad members of his clan reveal that he is a Mongol person (some tribe invading the dynasty at that time) and he is kicked out. Kui Fong then meets Ah Chu (Wong Hung Sau) and they planned to get married. Due to a misunderstanding, Kui Fong believes that her father is the murderer of his parents and she dies for her father. He is really upset when she dies and joins back into where he originally came from - the Mongols.
Hui Chok at this time was at Shaolin. When his teacher sent him on a mission to recover some scriptures, he meets a whole bunch of martial arts fighters who give their Kung-fu to him just when they die (many weird and complicated reasons for this). He also breaks all the rules of Shaolin (wine, meat, etc.), loses his priesthood, and becomes the leader of another clan. It is in this section of the story when Hui Chok, Duan Yu, and Kui Fong become "blood" brothers.
Kui Fong and Muk Yong Fu are on different sides since they are from different countries. In a fight one day, Kui Fong beats Muk Yong Fu and in despair and shame, Fu asks villians to help him revive his country. This is when he becomes truly evil. At the same time, on their wedding day, someone exposes to Duan Yu that he and Yuk Yin are actually siblings. Duan Yu leaves sadly but later finds out that his father is someone else. Actually, all his "sisters" (Yun Ching, Ah Chu, Ah Zi, Zhong Ling) are not related to him. He marries Yuk Yin. However, Muk Yong Fu hostages Yuk Yin because he goes kind of mad and he gets killed.
At the end, Kui Fong, in order to protect his country and because some people would not believe him, he committed suicide. They buried him beside Ah Chu, his wife. Hui Chok even gets married and becomes some rich leader of some group. Duan Yu's father becomes a priest so he now is king. The best martial arts fighters are all dead.

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The Battlefield
楚河漢界
Cantonese: Choi Ho Haun Gai
Mandarin: Chu Hu Han Jie

Chapters: 24
Year: 1987
Singer of Theme Song: 譚詠麟
Cast:

  • 石修 - 項羽.......Sak Sel
  • 陳玉蓮 - 余姬.......Idy Chan Yuk Lin
  • 吳啟華 - 劉邦.......Lawrence Ng Kai Wah
  • 翁美玲 - 玉蝶兒......Barbara Yung Mei Ling
  • 商天娥 - 呂姿.......Kiki Shurn Tin Ngor
  • 惠天賜 - 將軍.......Austin Wai Tin Chi
  • 許建邦 - 翁則.......Cliff Hui Geen Bang
  • 嚴秋華 - 龍眼.......Yam Sel Wah
  • 黎漢 ? - 張良.......Lai Haun Zi

This takes place during the spring and autumn time period when the country was split into a bunch of separate sections. The story starts out in a small village during the war periods. Haun Yu (Sak Sel) was the son of a famous general and he was soon to follow in his dad's footsteps. Lau Bang (Lawrence Ng) was a poor, tricky, and funny peasant boy; he liked to go get drunk with his friends and fool around all the time. Along the way, he meets Lair Chi (Kiki Shurn), the mean and spoiled daughter of a rich magistrate. She likes and chases Lau Bang around all the time but he tries to ignore her. His friends then saves another girl, Yu Gei (Idy Chan), a refuge from war, and he begins to like her. However, she only treats him like a brother.
Also at this time, Haun Yu and his father were trying to fight this other small section of land. A spy from the other country, Yuk Dip Yi (Barbara Yung) tricks Haun Yu and tries to get a secret book or map from him. However, she starts to like Haun Yu and does not want to do it. Her leader forces her to and unfortunately, she died in Haun Yu's arms rather than betray him. Later on, he also meets Yu Gei but he pretends to be a small soldier to trick her. When Yu Gei discovers his plans, she runs away in anger. Later on, she returns and they like each other.
Meanwhile, the troops were attacking the village and Lau Bang is sent to be a soldier with his friends. He and Haun Yu becomes blood brothers and agree to defend the territory together. They have a good army with smart advisers, generals, and helpers. But when Lau Bang finds out that Yu Gei likes Haun Yu only, he gets angry. His anger is strengthened when Haun Yu banishes him to an isolated island where he gets the idea to go against his former blood brother. Using his wits, genius, and all his loyal friends help, he is able to form his own army, leave the island, and attack Haun Yu. This creates a period of cold blooded war until Lau Bang eventually conquers the land.
Lau Bang makes a deal with Haun Yu to split the land if they stop fighting. Haun Yu stops the war but he is no match for his brother's tricks. Lau Bang attacks him until he loses his army and all his loyal generals. At the end, only Yu Gei and Haun Yu are in the forest; Yu Gei commits suicide and he says a final farewell to Lau Bang and also commits suicide. Lau Bang becomes king, executes the last of Haun Yu's followers, and forms a huge grave dedicated to Yu Gei.

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Cheng Sing Gong
鄭成功
Cantonese: Jeng Sing Gong
Mandarin: Cheng Chung Gong

Chapters: 24
Year: 1987
Singer of Theme Song: 羅文
Cast:

  • 呂良偉 - 鄭成功...........Ray Lair Leung Wai
  • 戚美珍 - 楊素珊...........Jaime Chic Mei Chun
  • 容惠雯 - 童雪兒...........Rong Wai Mun
  • 吳鎮宇 - 衛中原............Francis Ng Chun Yu
  • 韓馬利 - 日本人............Mary Han Ma Lei
  • 劉兆銘 - 鄭子龍............Lau Siu Lo
  • 李國麟 - 鄭二子.............Lee Kwok Len
  • 張英才 - 皇上.............Cheung Ying Choi

This series takes place right at the end of the Ming Dynasty, when the Manchus are getting ready to take over. Cheng Sing Gong (Ray Lair), the son of Cheng Chi Lung (Lau Siu Ming), has just finished his military and Kung-fu training. His father has also agreed to his marriage to Dong Shet Yee (Rong Wai Mun), a long childhood friend. Sing Gong also meets another friend, Wai Chong Yuen (Francis Ng), a loyal and good guy who also likes Shet Yee but is afraid to say anything. Meanwhile, Cheng Chi Lung is out to war all the time and meets his former Japanese wife (Mary Han), who also turns out to be Sing Gong's birth mother. After the mom and son reunite and she comes live in the house, Cheng Chi Lung's second wife is unhappy about it and does everything she can to get rid of the Japanese lady.
Sing Gong also meets another girl named Sow San (Jaime Chic), who also fights against the Manchus. The two like each other but Sing Gong is engaged so he cannot do anything about it. Cheng Chi Lung is also wronged for killing her father so Sow San runs away to do her own little war. Sing Gong is now ready to go to war with his father and his friend Wai Chong Yuen also comes along. While fighting the war, Chong Yuen finds out that his birth father is O Bai, a famous and cruel Manchu general. Chong Yuen is upset that he is Manchu and refuses to admit his father. A few months later, Sing Gong returns home to do his wedding ceremony with Shet Yee, to the dismay of Chong Yuen. But on the wedding day, the disloyal second wife helped the Manchus attacked and took over their city. Through the fight, the whole Cheng family gets separated.
Sing Gong gathers his own army and fights another distant relative of the Ming King to create his own country to fight against the Manchus. He also reunites with Sow San, who has already gotten married and they combine their militaries. Meanwhile, Shet Yee, the Japanese mother, and Chong Yuen, who remained together after the city occupation, run away to this refuge city. Through the two years they are together, Chong Yuen tries unsuccessfully to show his feelings for Shet Yee and takes care of her. One night, he gets drunk and tells out all his secrets and even though she feels sorry for him, she still could not do anything since she is Sing Gong's wife.
One day, Shet Yee and Sing Gong reunite and Chong Yuen, due to his hopelessness goes to help his Manchu father. Sing Gong is upset that his good friend has turned like this but he has to fight him. Through many war scenes, the Manchus managed to conquer many of Sing Gong's lands. While surrounding Sing Gong's military camp one day, O Bai catches his wife and sets a trap for Sing Gong. Chong Yuen, still having feelings for her, sets her free. And not wanting her huband to die, Chong Yuen pretends to be Sing Gong and his father accidentally kills his son in the trap. Sow San and her husband, in fighting for their country also get killed. Sing Gong and Shet Yee and the only men they have left flee for Taiwan at the end. The Manchus had taken over.

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